Posted on 05/21/2018 1:25:08 PM PDT by Simon Green
A job hunter claims he has been unfairly discriminated against after he was rejected by dozens of employers over his enormous neck tattoo.
Joe Parsons, 21, got the $330 six-inch throbbing red heart with turquoise angel wings in memory of his late grandfather while he worked in a factory.
But he claims that, while he has no problem getting around 30 interviews, he has never managed to get a job thanks to his huge inking.
He has tried attending interviews wearing high-necked shirts but the tips of the wings still peek out above the collar line.
Parsons, from Manchester, England, insists he doesn’t regret getting the extreme body art but wishes potential bosses could see past it.
He said: “Before I got the tattoo people thought I was a happy, confident person. Now it feels like people think I’m full of my self and that I don’t give a damn.”
“That’s just not who I am. I’m just a normal person and all I want is a decent job.”
“There’s definitely a stigma attached which there shouldn’t be. I do think it’s a form of discrimination.”
“It’s not down to the skills I have and in every interview they haven’t given me a good reason. Now I feel like I’ve got ‘don’t hire me’ written all over my neck.”
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Very astute observation. To me, that filthy shirt shouts, “Body Odor!” It’s too late, I know, but I think it would have been much wiser to skip the tatt and take a bath in honor of Gramps. JMHO.
Four to Six years will solve his problems
Nope.
"Tattoos cannot be located anywhere on the neck or head above the lines of a T-shirt. They also cannot be located anywhere below the wrist bone.
Visible band tattoos cannot be longer than two inches wide. There can be no more than one visible band tattoo. Sleeve tattoos on arms or legs are not allowed."
Go to a good dermatologist with a good laser. Zap a tat co. Is a rip off.
I can be buried in a Jewish cemetery. Even if I’m a Lutheran. I suppose I’m lucky. Back when I was stupid enough to possibly consider a tat, they were unfashionable...
You might be right.
Very gory. It made me think that someday she’ll have to explain that to her future husband, kids or grandkids.
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she wont live that long
That’s why they make Dermablend.
Sorry Facial and Neck Tats are to me - interview killers, I will not hire people with them... It is my company and I have the right to hire anyone...if you tattoo your back with it, fine I won’t see it...
Yup. He's got it.
“It’s not down to the skills I have and in every interview they haven’t given me a good reason. Now I feel like I’ve got ‘don’t hire me’ written all over my neck.”
Cause you do.
Translation is you were stoned or drunk when you got tattooed on body parts that cannot be covered up by a shirt or skirt or trousers. Therefore who needs you with such bad judgment.
Discrimination is a good thing. Sane people discriminate all the time. It’s why you don’t marry the first skank that let’s you into her pants.
Buy stock in tattoo removal companies
That is exactly what my wife said.
Every action has a reaction. Before one does something stupid one should consider consequences.
I don't think the US Army would take him with the high neck tattoo.
Welcome to Realville, bub. Life isn't "fair", and yes, people really do discriminate, as is their right.
I suggest you look for work down by the docks, and save up for tattoo removal.
Well I don’t Personally like tattoos they have been around for a Looooong time- as in back to the days when “we” lived in Caves.
Tattoos have consequences, sport.
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